Sibelius Symphony No. 1

Boston Symphony Orchestra
Andris Nelsons, conductor 
Leonard Weiss and Yiran Zhao, Tanglewood Music Center Conducting Fellows 

Outi TARKIAINEN Day Night Day (American premiere; BSO co-commission) 
SMETANA "Vyšehrad" and "The Moldau" from Má Vlast 
SIBELIUS Symphony No. 1

Andris Nelsons shares the Symphony Hall podium with our two 2025 Tanglewood Conducting Fellows. for this geographically oriented program. The TMC Fellows lead two movements from Bedřich Smetana’s homage to his Czech homeland: conflict and history embodied in "Vyšehrad," a Prague fort overlooking the Moldau River; and a Bohemian cultural mosaic is depicted in the journey of the river itself. Nelsons conducts the First Symphony of Finland’s greatest composer, Jean Sibelius, who infused his work with Finnish musical and cultural traditions.